Please help. My Wokingham lawyer is assuring me that she is duty bound toapply for Wokingham conveyancing searches becausethe firm are on the Virgin Moneysolicitor panel. Do I not have any options here?

Unfortunately both you and your lawyer have little choice here. As you are taking a mortgage with a lender your conveyancing practitioner has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your conveyancing practitioner would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook provisions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Wokingham conveyancing searches.

We are buying a house and need a conveyancing solicitor in Wokingham who is on the Coventry BS solicitor panel. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a conveyancing firm?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Coventry BS . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Wokingham.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Wokingham?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the legal transfer of property in Wokingham. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

I am buying a new build apartment in Wokingham. Conveyancing is daunting at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Set out below are examples of a few leasehold new build questions that you can expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Wokingham

Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. Please confirm the Lease plans are surveyor prepared. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry. Please supply a car parking plan. Will the freehold then be transferred for a nominal consideration (not exceeding £100) to the Management Company?

Me and my partner are purchasing a three room flatin Wokingham with a loan from a mortgage company. We like our solicitor in Wokingham but our bank advise she’s not on their "panel". Apparently we need to choose one of the our mortgage company panel solicitors or stay with our Wokingham conveyancer and incur the extra legals for one of their panel ones to represent them. This seems very unfair; Can we not simply insist that our lender use our Wokingham lawyer?

Unfortunately,no. The lender home loan offered to you is subject to conditions, one of which will be that solicitors will on the mortgage company's conveyancing panel. Until recently, most mortgage companies had large numbers of law firms on their panels, including many conveyancing solicitors in Wokingham : a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your lawyer to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for your lender.